Team Spotlight: North Dakota State Bison

Well I promised this article earlier so here it is. Today we're going to talk about the FCS powerhouse North Dakota State Bison because they beat #13 Iowa (I called it. Still not over it) and they're really good for an FCS team. This will be the only FCS team I will ever talk about. So North Dakota State plays in the FCS, which is a lower tier Division One college football division. They play in the Missouri Valley Conference and typically dominate everyone in it. The Bison have a total of 13 FCS National Championships. That's a lot. If they were in the FBS (they should be) they would be ranked 9th all time in number of football national championships. So North Dakota State has been on a streak of national championships lately. It all began in 2011 when head coach Craig Bohl led the team to a 14-1 record after going 9-4 the season before. They won the national championship over Sam Houston State with the score of 17-16. 2011 was also the year future star quarterback Carson Wentz began attending North Dakota State. The Bison went on to win the national championship in 2012 and 2013 as well. Then head coach Craig Bohl took a job as head coach for the Wyoming Cowboys (very, very bad idea..) and Chris Klieman took over in 2014. Klieman took it upon himself to start Carson Wentz (finally) and Wentz led the team to 2 more national championship victories in 2014 and 2015. Now with Wentz graduated and drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles (who by the way are not as bad as I thought they would be), Easton Stick (what a name), is starting quarterback for the North Dakota State Bison. A now sophomore out of Omaha, Nebraska, Stick has led the Bison to a strong 3-0 record to begin the 2016-17 season. He did play 8 games in 2015 due to Carson Wentz's broken wrist. He went 8-0 with 1144 yards passing and 13 touchdown passes. Not bad for a freshman. He led the Bison to the National Championship, where Wentz returned from injury and won the game for the Bison. Now 2016, he is still undefeated with a career 11-0 record with the Bison and is going strong with 575 yards passing with 5 touchdown passes. He led the team to the 23-21 upset of #13 Iowa (that's 2 mentions in 1 article now.. Still not over it) and doesn't seem to be slowing down. The Bison are on a bye week this week but return next Saturday to play #12 Illinois State (did I mention NDSU is #1 in the FCS?) and that should be a fun game. I don't know what's in the water in North Dakota or what the coaching staff is doing, but whatever they're doing, keep on doing it. Go Bison!

*Add in: They are close to being the first FCS team to ever be ranked in the AP Top 25 (ranked #27 right not)